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1
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What is a type A psychological intervention?

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Psychological treatment as part of mental health care

2
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What is a type B psychological intervention?

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Experience a wide range of psychological therapy and counselling

3
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What is a type C psychological intervention?

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Formal psychotherapies, systemic therapy and family therapy

4
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What is cognitive behavioural therapy?

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Relieve symptoms by changing maladaptive thoughts, beliefs and behaviours

5
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How is CBT used?

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Graded exposure to feared exposure
Reinforce behaviour
Monitor thoughts
Challenge negative thoughts

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When is CBT used?

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Anxiety, depression, eating disorders, sexual dysfunction, OCD, schizophrenia

7
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Who is suitable for CBT?

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Patients keep to actively participate

Those who actively seek a solution to their problems

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What are the limitations of CBT?

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Findings of efficacy may not be reflective of the whole population
May not work with diffuse and complex issues
Has to be delivered by trained individuals

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What is a psychodynamic therapy?

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Allows unconscious conflicts to be reenacted with the relationship with the therapist.

10
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What techniques are used in psychodynamic therapies?

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Explores feelings
Enhance insight into difficulties
Recall painful past experiences

11
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Who is suitable for psychodynamic therapies?

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Patients with interpersonal difficulties
Have to be able to tolerate emotional pain
Have to have an interest in self exploration

12
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What is systemic and family therapy?

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Focus on relational context
Address patterns of interaction
Look at family system as a whole

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What is humanistic therapy?

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Relies on general counselling skills to cope with immediate crises.

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Who is suitable for humanistic therapy?

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Mild to moderate difficulties related to life events, depression, anxiety or stress

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What is the negative triad?

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Negative view of the world, self and future leads to changes in a person’s schemata to become a more negative person in general.

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What is anxiety?

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Body inappropriately primes itself for stress. Results in racing thoughts and an inability to concentrate

17
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What factors can help with psychological healing?

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Confiding relationship, enhance patient control, healing setting, rationale to explain symptoms, reduce alienation